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Thirty-nine Auctions Archived, 23 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, May 20th, 39 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 15 denominated in euros, 6 in British pounds, 1 in Swedish krona, and 17 in US dollars.  Turnover was $11,485,315 as 14,985 lots were offered and 9,934 sold for a 66% success rate.  It was an active week.  The average realization was $1,156.

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Comics on May 19th: $8,339,389 
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1 on May 5th: $1,069,749 
Sothebys. Photographs on May 19th: $1,060,800 

5 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 

Binoche et Giquello. Autographs and Manuscripts on May 12th: 145.03% 
Lyon and Turnbull. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photography on May 17th: 144.16% 
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 1 on May 11th: 121.57% 
Binoche et Giquello. PHOTOGRAPHS : ADOLPHE BRAUN – Fifty five Views of the Alps on May 17th: 109.25% 
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on May 16th: 107.81% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions The Airplane as Art (portfolio of 302 photographs), 1986-1997 (one taken in 2000) on May 19th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Apollo Guidance Computer: Original Display and Keyboard (DSKY) Unit. on May 19th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  3. Zisska and Lacher DIOSCORIDES LATINUS – Einzelblatt aus einer lateinischen Handschrift der Materia medica von Dioskurides auf Pergament. on May 12th Actual price: USD $90,188.
  4. Sothebys 'MANKIND', 2014 on May 19th Actual price: USD $78,000.
  5. Sothebys 'NAN AND BRIAN IN BED, N.Y.C.', 1983 on May 19th Actual price: USD $65,000.
  6. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Atlas novus. on May 5th Actual price: USD $62,784.
  7. Freemans FORMS IN SPACE on May 16th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  8. Swann Galleries Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph. on May 16th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  9. Sothebys 'LYDIA', 1987 on May 19th Actual price: USD $61,750.
  10. Heritage Auctions Apollo Lunar Module Reaction Control System Marquardt R-4D Rocket Engine with Extended Nozzle, Manufactured in 1965. on May 19th Actual price: USD $57,500.
  11. Sothebys 'PARADISE 17, CALIFORNIA', 1999 on May 19th Actual price: USD $56,875.
  12. Sothebys LE DÉJEUNER SUR L'HERBE, 1964 on May 17th Actual price: USD $52,725.
  13. Zisska and Lacher DIOSCORIDES LATINUS – Einzelblatt aus einer lateinischen Handschrift der Materia medica von Dioskurides auf Pergament. on May 12th Actual price: USD $51,338.
  14. Sothebys 'DIORAMA MAP, LONDON', 2010 on May 19th Actual price: USD $45,500.
  15. Neret Minet and Tessier Ensemble de quatre sphères terrestre, céleste et armillaires signées Jean Baptiste FORTIN (1740-1817) on May 5th Actual price: USD $43,600.
  16. Heritage Auctions Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent, Los Angeles, California, 1981 on May 19th Actual price: USD $42,500.
  17. Sothebys 'PORTRAIT OF ELEPHANT IN DUST, AMBOSELI', 2011 on May 19th Actual price: USD $42,250.
  18. Sothebys 'BEAUTY', C. 1936 on May 19th Actual price: USD $40,625.
  19. Sothebys 'UNTITLED (NUDE RECLINING)', 1922-28 on May 19th Actual price: USD $40,625.
  20. Artcurial Roman notes I (Issue de Roman Notes) - 1970 on May 16th Actual price: USD $40,404.
  21. Artcurial Portrait de famille Ingresque III - 1963-64 on May 16th Actual price: USD $40,404.
  22. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Album mit 50 (je ca. 21,5 x 27 cm) auf starke Kart.-Bl. aufgez. Photos (albumen prints), tls. bei Pow Kee, on May 5th Actual price: USD $39,240.
  23. Freemans MARILYN MONROE (MARILYN) on May 16th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  24. Ader Visage (Marie-Thérèse). on May 12th Actual price: USD $36,438.
  25. Artcurial Vesuvius - 1985 on May 16th Actual price: USD $34,632.



16 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/7 on May 14th: 99.44%
Heritage Auctions. Comics on May 19th: 99.11%
Skinner. Irresistible. Unreserved. - Books, Prints - bidstart 4/26 on May 12th: 97.73%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration on May 19th: 96.83%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/7 on May 14th: 96.01%
Binoche et Giquello. Autographs and Manuscripts on May 12th: 95.00%
Freemans. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on May 16th: 90.28%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 11th: 88.00%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Literature on May 16th: 86.30%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on May 16th: 84.65%
Tooveys. Prints on May 17th: 82.61%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 2 on May 12th: 81.94%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Gambling Memorabilia - Day 1 - Cards, Books, Ephemera on May 6th: 80.88%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 16th: 80.61%
Artcurial. Limited Editions on May 16th: 80.49%
Sothebys. Design - Prints, Photographs on May 17th: 80.00%


39 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Comics on May 19th: 99.11%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration on May 19th: 96.83%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs, Internet Auction - Session 1 on May 19th: 67.47%
Sothebys. The Discerning Eye: Property from the Collection of Eric Franck, Part I on May 19th: 40.34%
Sothebys. Photographs on May 19th: 58.59%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature on May 18th: 71.73%
Lyon and Turnbull. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photography on May 17th: 78.06%
Binoche et Giquello. PHOTOGRAPHS : ADOLPHE BRAUN – Fifty five Views of the Alps on May 17th: 72.73%
Tajan. Manuscripts and Autographs on May 17th: 36.18%
Zisska and Lacher. Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Atlases, Prints on May 12th: 67.93%
Sothebys. Design - Prints, Photographs on May 17th: 80.00%
Artcurial. Limited Editions on May 16th: 80.49%
Tooveys. Prints on May 17th: 82.61%
Aguttes. A WEEKEND IN BAGATELLE - GENTLEMEN ONLY: CULTURAL CHARITY SALE & AUCTION - Prints on April 22nd: 36.67%
Aguttes. Part 1: Collection Cross: Prints on April 19th: 61.54%
The Antiquarian Book. Online auction sale of old & rare books, maps, prints, documents and vintage photography on May 10th: 23.33%
Freemans. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on May 16th: 90.28%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Dynamite, Guns, and Gold (Session 3, Western Americana, Cowboy, Indian) on April 30th: 66.04%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Dynamite, Guns, and Gold(Session 2, Minerals, Gold, Numismatics, Firearms, ) on April 29th: 63.16%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 11th: 88.00%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Dynamite, Guns and Gold - Day 1 - Books, mining ephemera, manuscripts on April 28th: 79.10%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Literature on May 16th: 86.30%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on May 16th: 84.65%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 16th: 80.61%
Rossini. Lithographs, Aquatints, Posters, Engravings - Online bidstart 4/26 on May 15th: 17.80%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Modern Art and Design - Prints on May 11th: 75.61%
Skinner. Irresistible. Unreserved. - Books, Prints - bidstart 4/26 on May 12th: 97.73%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 2 on May 12th: 81.94%
Binoche et Giquello. Autographs and Manuscripts on May 12th: 95.00%
Ader. Old and Modern Prints - Day 1 on May 11th: 70.03%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Marine and Travel - Books, Prints, Maps on May 5th: 45.61%
RR Auction. Autographs and Artifacts - Internet bidstart 4/21 on May 10th: 67.94%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Gambling Memorabilia - Day 2 - Coin-op, cheating, poker chips on May 7th: 71.88%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Gambling Memorabilia - Day 1 - Cards, Books, Ephemera on May 6th: 80.88%
Michaans Auctions. May Estate Auction on May 13th: 54.55%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2 on May 6th: 47.94%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1 on May 5th: 47.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/7 on May 14th: 96.01%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/7 on May 14th: 99.44%


For the week ahead 23 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 22nd
Il Ponte. Milan. Books, Manuscripts and Engravings. 214 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books. 102 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 95 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Valuable Books - Part 2. 345 lots

Tue. May. 23rd
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Prints. 370 lots
PIASA. Paris. Photographs. 154 lots
Bonhams. Edinburgh. The Sporting Sale - Books and Prints. 39 lots
Sothebys. London. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental Books. 128 lots
Sothebys. London. Musical Manuscripts. 54 lots

Wed. May. 24th
ALDE. Paris. Original Editions and Illustrated Books. 547 lots
Doyle New York. New York. The Estate of Aileen Mehle. 51 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Important Books and Manuscripts. 230 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters. 64 lots

Thu. May. 25th
Swann Galleries. New York. Graphic Design. 330 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . 15th-19th Century Prints. 671 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Online Sale: Naturalist Prints and More... Internet bidstart 5/11. 57 lots
Sothebys. London. Alexander Iolas - Prints. 31 lots

Sat. May. 27th
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art, part 1 - Prints. 137 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art, Part 2 - Prints. 235 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Art - Prints - bidstart 5/19. 96 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . An American Private Collection - From Lesser Ury to Rolf Nesch. 51 lots

Sun. May. 28th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/21.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD